واغنَّand one with a soft nasal voice معسولhoney-sweet المراشفthe lips أشنبٍwith fresh, white teeth
واغنَّ معسول المراشف أشنبٍ
صانguarded الجمالbeauty بهجرةٍthrough estrangement وتجنُّبِand avoidance
صان الجمال بهجرةٍ وتجنُّبِ
And one with a soft nasal voice, honey-sweet lips and pearly teeth
The singer of sweet verse grew silent and shy
guarded his beauty through estrangement and avoidance.
Preserving beauty by keeping apart and avoiding
يبدوhe appears وللخيلانand the beauty marks have فيin وجناتهِhis cheeks
يبدو وللخيلان في وجناتهِ
معنىa meaning يحيّرbewilders ناظرَthe gaze of المتعجّبthe astonished onlooker
معنى يحيّر ناظرَ المتعجّب
He appears, and the beauty marks on his cheeks have
In his plump cheeks the horses appear to hold
a meaning that bewilders the astonished onlooker's gaze.
A meaning perplexing the admiring gazer
وجهٌa face كماjust as سفرlifted الصباحmorning لثامهits veil
وجهٌ كما سفر الصباح لثامه
فعلامso why فيهin it بقيةٌa remnant منof غيهبdeep darkness
فعلام فيه بقيةٌ من غيهب
A face like morning when it has lifted its veil—
A face like the dawn throwing off its veil
so why is there a remnant of deep darkness in it?
So why is a remnant of night left in it?
Sol 6.1